Guns aimed at me in Nandigram, says Mamata Banerjee

She was targeted at in Nandigram and guns were fired at her, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said today. Banerjee said this while speaking in the Assembly following Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar’s speech.

“I was not being allowed to campaign in Nandigram. Even guns were fired aimed at me,” Banerjee said. She said that there were “adjustments” to make her lose the election from the seat. However, she did not elaborate on this further. Banerjee lost to Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Suvendu Adhikari from the Nandigram seat in the 2021 Assembly elections by 1,956 votes. Adhikari was her former aide in the Trinamool Congress. “Those who have conspired against me should seek forgiveness from the people,” she said. Trinamool Congress has moved court challenging the results of the Nandigram seat.

BJP MLAs staged protests during her speech in the Assembly as the party’s MLAs Sudip Mukhopadhyay and Mihir Goswami had earlier been suspended from the Assembly session for creating disturbances during the Governor’s budget speech.

Speaking on Mamata Banerjee’s allegations, Adhikari said outside the Assembly, “She cannot forget the loss in Nandigram, and is saying such things due to the trauma. She can ask the administration to conduct a probe.”

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